Fireworks to really light up the joint

Back in Bittern when I was growing up, penny bungers were the fireworks of choice on New Year’s Eve. I had more fun setting off and running away from my small stash of crackers than being a passive spectator to the brilliance of News Year’s Eves at Times...

What lies ahead?

From manufacturing to superannuation, VECCI invited ten members from a diverse cross-section of industries to share their expectations for business and their sectors in 2015. Slade Group Chairman, Geoff Slade, responds. The canary in the coal mine may not be singing,...

Back to the future in five headlines

What could have turned into a navel gazing memory trip for old timers, instead turned up a treat of unexpected prescience. Revisiting Slade Reports from the 1980s, we’ve uncovered some headlines that were surprisingly accurate and still have relevance 30 years...

Technology is the answer, not the problem.

This month The Slade Report celebrates our first anniversary with a series of articles from the printed newsletter published under the same banner in the mid 1980s. Some 28 years ago we highlighted the importance of technology in shaping the world @work, which has...

Kicked in the guts

Each of us probably has a moment of truth in their career when harsh but true words are sent our way. In the lead up to this year’s AFL Grand Final, I’m sharing my own personal experience. I was a 17 year old kid up from the country, drafted to the...